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Thailand: Government established several measures in response to the U.S. tariff policies

Announcement

19 May 2025

In May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand established several measures in response to the U.S. tariff policies. 

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Number of interventions

7

5 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

2 liberalising

List of interventions

7 in force

Implementation date

19 May 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Tax or social insurance relief In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand increased the CIT exemption for Thai BOI-promoted SMEs from a 3-year CIT exemption capped at 50% of investment to a 5-year CIT exemption equal to as...

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Import tariff In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand suspended investment promotion in the sectors below. As a result, import tariff exemptions on raw materials and machinery previously granted as ince...

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Local labour incentive In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) established a new requirement for hiring foreign workers in the manufacturing sector in order to receive the BOI investment promotion. Notably...

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Localisation, nes In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) established a new requirement for investments in data centers, data hosting, and cloud services. To receive the investment promotion, the new ...

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Labour market access In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand suspended the investment promotion in the sectors below. The suspension of the investment promotion removed the temporary simplified visa requiremen...

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Implementation date

19 May 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) approved an FDI proposal for Galaxy Data Centre Pte Ltd's investment of THB 22.31 billion (USD 714.3 million) in a data centre project, with a...

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Tax or social insurance relief In force

On 19 May 2025, the Board of Investment of Thailand suspended investment promotion in the sectors below. As a result, import tariff exemptions on raw materials and machinery previously granted as ince...

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